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The Digging Gardener
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Gardener, Landscaper, part-time Archaeologist and Cat enthusiast

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Neath- the remains of a 1st C #Roman auxiliary fort known as Nidum stands on the west bank of the River Neath. Remains of 2 gateways can be seen, & the line of a rampart wall. Initial excavation showed a gateway for a 2nd century #fort built of stone. #RomanFortThursday #History #RomanBritain
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
Something lovely for the weekend! A 1,800 year-old Roman glass flask shaped like a little mouse 🐭 💙

The Met 📷 by me www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

#Archaeology
My photo shows a small Roman flask made of translucent cobalt blue glass in the form of a mouse, viewed in profile with head to the left. The neck of the flask (on the right) is funnel-shaped and slightly up-turned to look like a tail. The body of the vessel is rounded and has four tooled trails for feet. A separate blob of glass forms the head with eyes, ears, and a pointed nose. The flask surface is decorated with distinctive trails of glass which have been flattened and notched, using a technique known as ‘snake thread’. Dimensions 6.3 x 5.1 x 14.6 cm.
July 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
digging-gardener.bsky.social
Oh that Hancock! 🙄
July 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
digging-gardener.bsky.social
Not Togidubnus turning his back on generations of cooperation with his tribal neighbours and getting in bed with Rome.
July 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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kojamf.bsky.social
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July 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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My ancestors once farmed at Arne, I wonder how far back though 🤔
July 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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drtobydriver.bsky.social
Of course it's #HillfortsSaturday again 🥳🤔🧐

With the #EE WiFi down at home for over a week 😥 things got desperate...it was time to revisit a long overdue reconstruction of Pen y Crug hillfort, Brecon

It's a way off being finished but here is the work in progress...

#Pen&Ink #illustration
Four images of a drawing developing
July 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
digging-gardener.bsky.social
Might have spotted myself some unrecorded Prehistoric Archaeology.
Have emailed the relevant person, let’s wait to see what they say 🤞🏼🤞🏼
Parchmark of a possibly Bronze Age Barrow in Dorset. Parchmark of a possibly Neolithic Cursus in Dorset. Parchmark of a rectilinear enclosure and adjacent possibly Mortuary Enclosure in Dorset.
July 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
During the very last bit of context recording at #Durotriges25 we noticed a possible feature

We cleaned the feature

Asha and Megan dug the feature

It contained 4 Iron Age sheep burials

We have now recorded these

We will now stop looking for features and backfill !

Happy ##FindsFriday
A series of 2 thousand years old sheep burials in a chalk cut pit. Scale and north arrow added
July 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
digging-gardener.bsky.social
The monthly night-out with storytelling buddies 💚💚💚 #crickcrackclub #storytelling #stories #story #storyteller
July 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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simontrafford.bsky.social
A well-preserved Roman road is among the finds uncovered by archaeologists in a city centre.
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Roman road discovered in Manchester city centre - BBC News
Archaeologists say the dig uncovered one of the best Roman finds in the city in more than 20 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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grumpy-tg.bsky.social
This is your sign to kill your lawn and plant native wildflower seeds!
July 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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A rather large Horse Mandible from the fill of a Chalk Quarry pit. Does this bigger beastie mean it’s a Roman era quarry and not an Iron Age one as IA Ponies were smaller? I’m sure @durotrigesdig.bsky.social knows the answer?
July 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
In the last feature to be dug at #durotriges25, Jade has found the larger part of a Late Iron Age black burnished ware pedestal-base cup

A very nice find to end the dig 😍

#FindsFriday
An archaeologist holds part of an Iron Age pottery cup
July 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
digging-gardener.bsky.social
OH! That is good isn’t it! 💚⛏️💪🏼
durotrigesdig.bsky.social Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · Jul 10
Day 4 of packdown at #Durotriges25 and its a blur of context recording, planning, section drawing and photography

The Durotrigian drone is giving us good aerial views of specific areas of the trench

Such as this roundhouse, terraced platform, enclosure ditch, activity area combo 🤩
Aerial photo of an archaeological trench showing dark prehistoric warth filled features contrasting against white chalk geology
July 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Day 4 of packdown at #Durotriges25 and its a blur of context recording, planning, section drawing and photography

The Durotrigian drone is giving us good aerial views of specific areas of the trench

Such as this roundhouse, terraced platform, enclosure ditch, activity area combo 🤩
Aerial photo of an archaeological trench showing dark prehistoric warth filled features contrasting against white chalk geology
July 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Want to take a quick tour of the newly discovered Iron Age roundhouse at #Durotriges25?

Of course you do 😀

Sound on 👍

#Archaeology #Archeology #Dorset
July 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Pippin has finished excavating an Iron Age storage pit at #Durotriges25 (with Mark's help)

She is happy 🐕
A fully excavated Iron Age storage pit with red and white photo scales and an archaeological dog in hi vis vest
July 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Day 1 of #Durotriges25 packdown

Very quiet on site today but lots of Iron Age archaeology to record!!
An archaeological trench with prehistoric ditches and a small section of flint wall exposed
July 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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The #Durotriges25 team at the end of the last day's briefing

Thanks to them and everyone else who participated in the Great Durotrigian Dig

We love you guys! 👋
A mass of archaeologists stand in front of an Iron Age ditch waving enthusiastically at the camera
July 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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July 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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The White Cliffs of Dover have even been lit up with the stripes!
June 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
An island of chalk in a sea of green

The Iron Age ditches and pits of #Durotriges25 from the Durotrigian drone as the last full day of the dig dawns
Aerial drone photo of an archaeological trench cut into a green field of peas, dark features contrasting against the white geological chalk
July 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
In the NE part of the #Durotriges25 archaeological trench, Harry has dug up a message from his past self

#TimeyWimey
July 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Sarah has found a raven skeleton in the top of an Iron Age pit at #Durotriges25

Ellie is now recording it
An archaeologist in hi vis vest crouches in an Iron Age pit excavating the skeletal remains of a raven
July 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM